Transnational politics in the post-9/11 novel / Joseph M. Conte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conte, Joseph M. (Joseph Mark), 1960- author.

Series:

Routledge research in American literature and culture ; 8.

Routledge research in American literature and culture ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--21st century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Literature and transnationalism--21st century.

Literature and transnationalism.

Transnationalism in literature--21st century.

Transnationalism in literature.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

Transnational Politics in the Post-9/11 Novel suggests that literature after September 11, 2001 reflects the shift from bilateral nation-state politics to the multilateralism of transnational politics. While much of the criticism regarding novels of 9/11 tends to approach these works through theories of personal and collective trauma, this book argues for the evolution of a post-9/11 novel that pursues a transversal approach to global conflicts that are unlikely to be resolved without diverse peoples willing to set aside sectarian interests. These novels embrace not only American writers such as Don DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Ken Kalfus, Thomas Pynchon, and Amy Waldman but also the countervailing perspectives of global novelists such as J. M. Coetzee, Orhan Pamuk, Mohsin Hamid, and Laila Halaby. These are not novels about terror(ism), nor do they seek comfort in the respectful cloak of national mourning. Rather, they are instances of the novel in terror, which recognizes that everything having been changed after 9/11, only the formally inventive presentation will suffice to acknowledge the event's unpresentability and its shock to the political order.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Politics of the Unpresentable: The Post-9/11 Novel

1. The Ruins of the Future: Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis

2. The Age of Terror: Don DeLillo's Falling Man

3. Alternating Currents of History: Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day

4. The Politics of Narrative: J. M. Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year

5. The Novelist's Black Veil: Orhan Pamuk's Snow

6. Transversal Cosmopolitanism in the Post-9/11 Novel

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-76646-2

1-000-76614-4

0-429-28073-4

9780429280733

OCLC:

1128890423